The birth rate, a pending issue that Italy has been dragging for years, now shakes the country with alarming figures. The country's economy minister, Giancarlo Giorgetti, has presented a plan to help families who are going to have a child.
In 2022, for the first time since the Unity of Italy, the country registers a number of newborns below the threshold of 400,000. According to experts, it will take several generations to reverse the demographic decline that the country is experiencing.